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Shock construction projects (russian: Ударные стройки, translit=udarnyye stroyki) also Komsomol shock construction projects was a Soviet propaganda term used for certain construction projects by Komsomol shock brigades in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

. Although often associated with

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...

, shock construction projects in more general term also included the

Great Construction Projects of Communism Great Construction Projects of Communism (russian: Великие стройки коммунизма) is a phrase that used to identify a series of the most ambitious construction projects and had great importance for the economy of the Soviet Uni ...

. The first Komsomol shock construction project was announced for the blast furnace #2 (later became known as "Komsomolskaya") at the

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (russian: Магнитогорский металлургический комбинат, Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat), abbreviated as MMK, is an iron and steel company located in the city of Magni ...

in 1930–32. The last construction project was an air converting rolling mill for hot rolling at the same Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works in 1986–90. The hire of volunteers for the projects was conducted in a framework of the state system of organizational mobilization, but more often through Komsomol mobilization by

Komsomol travel ticket The Komsomol direction () or Komsomol travel ticket was a mobilization document of in the Soviet Union issued by a Komsomol committee to a Komsomol member, which directed the member to temporary or permanent shock construction projects or militar ...

s. One of active participants of the 1950s-80s construction projects were student construction brigades under a patronage of

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Cornell University Press The Cornell University Press is the university press of Cornell University; currently housed in Sage House, the former residence of Henry William Sage. It was first established in 1869, making it the first university publishing enterprise in ...

. 2014. In 1980s the status of regional shock construction projects was granted to Youth Residential Complexes (MZhK).

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